Midwest Mandeng 2015 - West African Drum and Dance Festival

Our friends at the C-U West African Drum & Dance Collective are presenting Midwest Mandeng 2015, a four day festival September 24 - 27. Over the extended weekend, dance and drum classes will be offered at multiple Urbana locations, a free performance demo at Urbana Free Library is scheduled on Friday afternoon, and a Dundunba Party at Pizza M concludes Saturday night. We welcome back Bolokada Conde, a former teaching artist of the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music and are excited to have world class West African drum and dance teachers sharing their knowledge with our community. View the schedule below and find more info at the Midwest Mandeng 2015 website: http://cuwaddc.weebly.com/midwest-mandeng.html

Midwest Mandeng 2015-- Schedule of Events
**Please note this is the probable schedule but is subject to change**

Thursday, September 24-
(Channing-Murray Foundation-- 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana, IL 61801)
6:00-7:30pm-- Beginner's Guinean Djembe Workshop with Bolokada Conde
7:30-9:00pm-- Beginner's Guinean Dance Workshop with Djibril Camara

Friday, September 25
(Urbana Landmark Hotel-- 210 S. Race St., Urbana, IL 61801)
12:30-2:00pm--Guinean Dance with Youssouf Koumbassa
2:15-3:45-- Guinean Djembe with Fode Bangoura

**4:00-5:00-- Free Drum and Dance Demonstration at the Urbana Free Library

5:30-7:00-- Malian Dance with Djeneba Sako
7:15-8:45--Guinean Djembe with Bolokada Conde

Saturday, September 26
(Urbana Landmark Hotel-- 210 S. Race St., Urbana, IL 61801)
9:30-11:00-- Guinean Dance with Marietou Camara
11:15-12:45--Malian Djembe with Moussa Traore
1:00-2:30-- Guinean Dance with Djibril Camara
2:45-4:15-- Guinean Dunun with Abass Camara
4:30-6:00-- Guinean Dance with Youssouf Koumbassa
6:15-7:45-- Guinean Djembe with Fode Bangoura

**9-11-- Dundunba Party at Pizza M!!!! (208 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801)

Sunday, September 27
(Urbana Landmark Hotel-- 210 S. Race St., Urbana, IL 61801)
9:30-11:00-- Guinean Djembe with Bolokada Conde
11:15-12:45--Malian Dance with Djeneba Sako
1:00-2:30-- Guinean Dunun with Abass Camara
2:45-4:15-- Guinean Dance with Marietou Camara
4:30-6:00-- Malian Djembe with Moussa Traore
6:15-7:45-- Guinean Dance with Djibril Camara